Jharkhand Map

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FACT SHEET

Formation Year: November 15, 2000

Location: East India

Capital: Ranchi

Largest city: Jameshedpur

Number of Districts: 24

Area: 79,716 sq km

Area Rank: 15th

Population: 32,988,134

Sex Ratio: 948 F/1000 M

Density: 414/km2

Literacy: 66.41%

Official Languages: Hindi

Jharkhand is the newly formed state of eastern India. It has been carved out from Bihar on November 15, 2000. As shown in the Jharkhand Map, it shares its state boundary with West Bengal in the east, Odisha in the south, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh in the west, and Bihar in the north. Though, its capital is Ranchi, but its largest city is industrial city Jamshedpur.

The literal meaning of the word ‘Jharkhand’ is “the Land of Forests.” Still many regions of the state are largely covered with forest. There are some wildlife reserves in the state conserving tigers and Asian elephants. Jharkhand has a wide range of flora and fauna. The National Parks and the Zoological Gardens of the state facilitate not only varieties of wildlife and vegetation, but also give a panoramic look to the state. Betla National Park located in the Latehar district, covers an area of about 250 square kilometres. It has a large variety of wildlife, including tigers, elephants, bisons, sambhars, and pythons, wild boar, spotted deer (chitals), rabbits and foxes. Further, Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park located in Bokaro Steel City is the largest Zoological Garden in the state. It has many animal and bird species and some tourists’ attraction as well such as an artificial water-park with boating facilities. Another zoo, Birsa Munda Jaiwik Udyan, is also located about 16 km from Ranchi, and a number of mammalian fauna have been collected there for visitors.

Furthermore, the state’s economy is largely dependent upon natural resources, industries, and agriculture. Major industries of the state are: